Ever since the most recent patch, the FFXIV Launcher loads as a black screen and remains that way for a few mins.

Sometimes, I've to close and open it a few times before the input fields load.

After keying in the password,OTP number and clicking on the Login button, sometimes there's no response from the Launcher. Which results in me closing and opening the launcher a few more times.

I've tried resetting Internet Explorer settings,allowing cookies/adding exceptions for ffxiv.com etc but the issue still persists.

My Win 10/Internet Explorer is fully updated.

Please advise.

Thank you.